In 1954, with Jews barred from the Old City and the Western Wall, Mount Zion became the focus of pilgrimage.
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Status of Jerusalem
Mr. L. C. Pinkerton, United States Ambassador in the Levant States, has arrived in Jerusalem.
Fighting Renewed in Jerusalem: Shells on Mount Zion
Severe fighting flared up during the weekend on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, where positions and strongholds changed hands several times within short periods.
Sentence on Briton in Jerusalem: An Appeal Lodged
An appeal has been lodged to-day before the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem against the conviction and sentences imposed by the Jerusalem district court on Mr. Frederick William Sylvester.
Threats to Observers
United Nations truce observers have been confined to their quarters because of threats made by a newly formed Jewish terrorist organization called the “Fatherland Front.”
Untitled: Execution of Rosa Beiser Neekantor and Mount Scopus Demilitarization
Relating [to] the interrogation of officials
They executed Mrs. Rosa Beiser Neekantor, who “admitted having been a British intelligence agent and worked for British CID even after May 15, when the British Mandate terminated”.
Jews Drop Charge Against Briton
The Israeli Attorney-General to-day instructed the Jerusalem District Attorney to drop the charge against Mr. F. W. Sylvester, of conspiracy to blow up Ben Yehuda Street on February 22.
Government House in Jerusalem
The former Government House in Jerusalem was evacuated yesterday by the International Red Cross delegates and taken over by the United Nations truce observers.
In December 1947, during the three-day Arab riots that swept Jerusalem after the UN vote on partition, Asher was brutally attacked on Princess Mary Avenue.
